Chapter 13 * Examples such as UFO sightings, cow mutilations by aliens, and crop circles demonstrate how ____social comparison_____________ can lead to mass hysteria and collective delusions. * The main task of the Solomon Asch studies was judging line lengths>>> conformity * one third

* How many confederates did Asch find maximized the likelihood of conformity occurring? B) 4 * parametric studies
* Masami, a Japanese female
* Autokinetic effect * Deindividuation is the tendency of people to engage in atypical behaviour when stripped of their usual identities. * Zimbardo concluded from his Stanford prison study that prisoners and guards adopted their designated roles more easily than anyone might have imagined because of deindividuation. * The Indianapolis Colts

* Except openness to differing opinions * Finding holes in all arguments that go against the group’s desires * The 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion was the result of groupthink. * Cults are to _______________ as Abu Ghraib is to _______________.

C) groupthink; deindividuation
* and is effective at immunizing people from undesirable beliefs.B) inoculation effect: is the treatment in which people are first introduced to the reasons why a belief seems to be correct, and then exposed to the reasons why the belief is incorrect. * Zimbardo is to ________________ as Milgram is to _________________. A) deindividuation; obedience

* The “banality of evil” refers to the idea that: perfectly normal citizens who follow orders blindly are responsible for most wickedness in the world. * C) 62%
* Proximity condition: 40%
* Someone who read about bystander intervention research * Altruism: helping others for unselfish reason
* the enlightenment effect. : Learning about psychological research can change real-world behaviour for the better. * Beau, who was raised in Savannah>>> physical...

...“Psychology has given the world little cause for amazement”
Sinead Clarke
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“Psychology has given the world little cause for amazement”
In 1843, John Stuart Mill published “System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation” (A System of Logic) in which he declared “psychology should leave the realm of speculation and philosophy and become...

...against the ethical costs within psychology
The ethical issues when working with humans is that participants have the right to withdraw, not to be deceived, confidentiality, protection from physical and psychological harm and the right to be debriefed after the study.
There are also a number of ethical issues when working with non-human participants within psychology. The first set of ethical issues when working with non-human participants within...

...Social Psychology
“Social Psychology’s great lesson is the enormous power of social influence. This influence can be seen in our conformity, our compliance, and our group behavior (Myers 680)”. Social influence relates to conformity and obedience, group influence, and ultimately, the power of individuals. “Social Psychologists explore these connections by scientifically studying how we think about, influence, and relate to one another (Myers 673)”. There are two kinds of...

...“Psychology as a Science”
&
“Free Will and Determinism”
(Applied to Pro and Anti Social Behaviour)
This essay will look to analyse and evaluate two of the major debates in psychology. In the first half of the essay the question ‘Is psychology a science?’ will be discussed and arguments for and against will be looked at. In the second part of the essay the debate ‘Free Will versus Determinism’ will be discussed and applied to Pro and Anti...

...are the moral codes laid down by professionals to ensure that their members or representatives adhere to certain standards of behaviour. All scientific bodies have such codes but those in psychology are particularly important because of the subject matter of the topic.
The three main ethical issues in psychology using human participants are: Privacy, physical and psychological harm and deception.
Deception involves either concealing the real intention of a study...

...Social Psychology Phenomena: Obedience to Authority
Obedience is a social psychology phenomenon where people willingly do something to obey a certain figure of authority that instructed them to do something that conflicted with their moral sense. People obey those authority figures because they believe that they have lesser intellectual, power, experience or position than that figure. Obedience comes in many different forms, for example obedience to law, obedience...

...﻿Discuss the ethical issues involved using deception in researching human behaviour
When conducting any kind of research, one must be aware of the ethical issues involved. Almost all research in psychology studies human behaviour. Before the experiment is conducted, all subjects are given a brief overview of the experiment but will not be told about the entire experiment and its true purpose. This deception leaves the subjects vulnerable which may arise to ethical issues. Back...